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Happy Birthday to: High School Musical star Zac Efron (1987) Actress Carly Schroeder (1990) Dancing With The Stars contestant Bristol Palin (1990) Actress Joy Lauren (1989) Slumdog Millionaire...
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Rock icon Eric Clapton lived out his childhood dreams on Thursday when he joined jazz star Wynton Marsalis onstage for a special benefit show in New York. The guitarist was a guest performer at th...
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African American musicians in today's music world are not merely just entertainers, but individuals of many facets. Showcased below are a few that we think, with the help of the success of their m...
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Happy Birthday to: High School Musical star Zac Efron (1987) Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto (1984) R&B star Ne-Yo (1982) Belgian martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960) ...
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Happy Birthday to jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (1944), Belgian martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960), Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova (1956), Indian actor Om Puri (1950), Mork & M...
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"I quit drugs, smoking and drinking, so I'm basically a f---ing monk now. I don't even like my coffee that hot." Motley Crue star Nikki Sixx insists he's nothing like the wildman he once was. ...
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The event was simply billed as "Willie Nelson Sings the Blues," but the historic two-night stand on January 12 and 13, 2007 at Jazz at Lincoln Center was far more than that. Call it a summit meetin...
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Barkley. Lebron. Shaq. Kobe. And of course, His Airness, Jordan. Sound familiar? John McLendon. Clarence "Big House" Gaines. Bob Love. Earl Lloyd. John Chaney. Who? They're not as familia...
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For New Orleans native Tut~Burks the sound of his alto-saxophone is a melodic voice of confidence from the Dixie landscape that pushes up out of the lungs of the talented musician. Leaving Ne...
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Happy Birthday to jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (1944), Belgian martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960), Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova (1956), Indian actor Om Puri (1950), Mork & M...
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In addition to The War soundtrack album - an eclectic mix of vintage era jazz, pop singers of the time, contemporary classical recordings, plus three previously unreleased performances by Wynton Ma...
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Sundance Channel today unveiled the six pairings set to appear during the third season of the Sundance Channel original television series "Iconoclasts." Each hour-long episode of the six- part seri...
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Rapper 50 Cent is a toyboy again, if reports he's dating 46-year-old actress Victoria Rowell are to be believed. Rowell, of The Young & The Restless, fell for the 31-year-old musician on the set of...
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The members of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Genesis And Led Zeppelin all reunited to pay tribute to late music mogul Ahmet Ertegun in New York on Tuesday night. Neil Young performed Helplessly Hop...
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Jazz star Wynton Marsalis has launched a scathing attack on some of the biggest names in hip-hop - claiming the musical genre debases African-American culture. Using rap mogul 50 Cent and Ludacris ...
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Rare 1940s Music Videos Of Legendary Jazz, Swing, And Big Band Artists Unearthed And Restored In "Soundies: A Musical History" Before MTV, there were 'Soundies.' First appearing in 1941, these...
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Happy Birthday to jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (1944), Belgian martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960), Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova (1956), Indian actor Om Puri (1950), Mork & M...
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Happy Birthday to The Cardigans guitarist Peter Svensson (1974), singer Nonchalant (1973), Sponge bassist Tim Cross (1966), actor Vincent Spano (1962), actress Erin Moran (1961), jazz trumpeter Wyn...
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